I was looking through my Photobucket at images of my FB, and I came across the pictures that I shot of her the day I brought her home. I figured that it'd be a cool thread to see how people's cars looked when they initially bought them.

THEN:







All monster-truck-ish with the fart cannon and no drivers side tail lens.

NOW:




Post up your pictures, then and now.

 

My 1983 LE at the dealership I found her at.




No new pictures yet..I found a set of LE wheel and she is going into the body shop next week for some fresh paint.

Also forgot to mention 1 owner car with 56k miles zero rust

 

the first day i went to see it, also the first day i broke something in it... wish i knew how to work on it b4 i got it lol

$0 but the carpet smelled like old milk and cookies so out went the carpet..

and it needed a new waterpump, replaced it and the car ran great

got the car about 4 years ago...

 

I'll have to dig mine out of the photo box and scan them. 21-year-old polaroids.

 

I was hoping that some people who have owned theirs a long time (or are the original owners) will put up some polaroids/35mm shots of their cars from back in the day.

 

at work right now so i'll post mine when i get home later tonight.

 

Not the original brand new car pictures, but was in kind of rough shape when I picked it up.

 

My dad's 80 a couple of months after he bought it new

and also what it looks like now

 

ok here's what mine looked like when i got it. been sitting under some oak trees for a while. it cleaned up pretty easy tho. got it for 50 bucks without an engine.

 

That yellow car looks a lot better now Michael!

The day the Silver One came home, Sumitomo 170/50/R13's and all.

 

those look like freaking doughnuts.

 

Ok here is mine.It came all the way from Jersey to Ga.

 

I've been thinking about driving the car back to the spot where I took my "just bought it" head-out-the-sunroof pics and recreating the scene.

Alas, been too lazy to do so as yet.

 

The day I bought the 83.




The day I got the 84 from Ray:

 

day i bought it:

most recent pics:

 

Lookin good Cody! How is the CP bar? Sorry again for the mis-communication.

 

Pic from mine sitting in the very spot where i first saw it.



And this is from the very last day it was driven RIP 9-7-09

 

My first Fb:





Dont have any pictures of my 2nd fb, the winter daily driver.

 

the night i first brought the 85 GS home:











now:

 

mis-communication? it must not have been that big of a deal because i don't remember lol. the bar is awesome though. i couldn't believe how well built it is. im used to seeing those cheap 3 piece ebay ones lol.

 

Here is my 79gs when I bought her during the summer of 2006



And summer 2009

 

I ran ~15 minutes behind dropping it off.

 

Here's the only shots I have of the day I bought my 80 GS: September 16th, 1989:










And the most-recent shots, from JCCS (October) & the Turkey Run (November) 2009:

 

^ that's unreal how high they sat from the factory. Look at the fender gaps.

 

The day i brought it home, sat undr an oak tree for 5 years:




As it is now: